Ideally, I like to integrate the human issues into the suspense story itself.
Too much screaming in Congress. Too much screaming everywhere.
I was editor of my high school literary magazine and a reporter for the school newspaper.
You think publishing is tough but the music world is ten times tougher.
It means working harder to do the research but I don't really mind - I don't think I have what it takes to chase criminals through back alleys and wade through blood at crime scenes.
In other words, the people who populate my books are more than caricatures.